Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.11

tasya bhāryā-sahasrānām

sahasrāni daśābhavan

sāntānikaś cāpi nripo

na lebhe tāsu santatim

SYNONYMS

tasya — of him (King Citraketu); bhāryā — of wives; sahasrānām — of thousands; sahasrāni — thousands; daśa — ten; abhavan — there were; sāntānikah — quite capable of begetting sons; ca — and; api — although; nripah — the King; na — not; lebhe — obtained; tāsuin them; santatima son.

TRANSLATION

This Citraketu had ten million wives, but although he was capable of producing children, he did not receive a child from any of them. By chance, all the wives were barren.

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